“Brilliant to see you presenting the One Show! Is this the start of things to come? Good luck for the future Sir,” tweeted one enthused fan.

But another wrote: “Can’t stand Al Murray.”

Elsewhere a pair of blindfolded men celebrated a tradition going back to “the Saxons times” that involves dancing over porcelain eggs while Angela and Al – and special guest Rhod Gilbert (promoting his show, Work Experience) – watched on.

Disaster appeared to strike at the climax of the night as the men collided and were sent falling to the floor.

Dancer Craig explained that the collision was planned (although the hosts seemed unconvinced) as he said: “It kind of finishes as a dance off so the little bump is just something we do to finish off the dance off.”

The Hairy Biker star Dave Myers was supposed to be seen in a clip, but after a second, the footage froze, then cut to the wrong segment, before being changed back to Dave’s clip after three seconds.

Al threw Rhod under the bus after the segment (which had been a touching report by Dave about the troubles his family faced as he was growing up) aired as he blamed the Welshman for the cock up saying it was the face a “work experience” was in the studio that the clip malfunctioned.